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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

35 Colleges
$18,677 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,712 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree School for You

With 226,882 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, business, management and marketing is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.

BYU also took the #3 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#2

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WGU are $7,790 a year.

WGU also took the #4 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a large public school located in the large city of Greenwood Village.

Colorado State University - Global Campus graduate students pay an average of $9,000 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NNU are $10,964 a year.

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#5

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 35 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the # 5 spot on the list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Denver are $12,792 per year.

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#7

Regis University

Denver, CO

Regis University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 per year.

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#8

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

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#9

Adams State University

Alamosa, CO

Adams State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the remote town of Alamosa, Adams State is a public college with a small student population.

Adams State graduate students pay an average of $10,896 in tuition and fees each year.

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Western Colorado University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the town of Gunnison, Western is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Western are $15,490 per year.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 7,670
Colorado 5,117
Montana 145
Idaho 531
Wyoming 67

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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